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フォーマット |
CD |
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構成数 |
1 |
国内/輸入 |
輸入 (International Version) |
パッケージ仕様 |
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発売日 |
2014年07月22日 |
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規格品番 |
3790943 |
レーベル |
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SKU |
602537909438 |
構成数 | 1枚
合計収録時間 | 00:41:32
Audio Mixer: Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton. Recording information: 4220 Feng Shui Studios, North Hollywood, CA; Hinge Studios, Chicago, IL. Photographer: Pamela Littky. Common noted that this album's title references Eric B. & Rakim's "In the Ghetto" -- more specifically, the song's recurring sample from the duo's "I Ain't No Joke." More symbolic, if beneath the surface, is the use of Curtis Mayfield's grim and pointed "The Other Side of Town" on album opener "The Neighborhood." While Nobody's Smiling was inspired by the tragic condition of Common's hometown of Chicago, its incorporation of a relevant-as-ever song from 1970, recorded by a Chicagoan in Chicago, is an acknowledgment of how inner-city struggles are a constant, not a trend. The rapper/actor's geographic and economic distance can be cited as a reason to approach Nobody's Smiling with a cocked brow. Common, to the contrary, once again works closely with fellow Chicago native No I.D., and he also makes room for a clutch of local artists -- including Dreezy, Lil Herb, and Malik Yusef -- who are also shown throughout the booklet, along with other Chicago figures, cast in the same slight light as him. Likewise, through character sketches and an otherwise grounded perspective, Common places himself on their level instead of acting as a sage. Fervent throughout, Common deals out some of his hardest and heaviest rhymes. No I.D. strengthens his partner's work with rigid, reverb-heavy productions -- from the mechanical pings of "Speak My Piece" to the juddering drums and probing keyboards within the title track -- without approaching the harshness of the Yeezus tracks to which he contributed. On "Kingdom," something like a weathered "Jesus Walks," the rapper and the producer are at their most moving, with the protagonist attending a funeral and plotting revenge, unable to connect with the concept of faith: "My whole life I had to worry about eatin'/I ain't have time to think about what I believe in." Common places the most directly biographical track, "Rewind That," at the end of the album's standard edition. The second half, where he traces his friendship with J Dilla, involves some brilliant storytelling, and perhaps the only moments during the album's sessions when Common cracked a smile while recording. It's a touching finish to the rapper's best album since Be. ~ Andy Kellman
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1.[CD]
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1.Neighborhood, The - (featuring Cocaine 80s/Lil Herb)
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2.No Fear
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3.Diamonds - (featuring Big Sean)
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4.Blak Majik
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5.Speak My Piece
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6.Hustle Harder - (featuring Dreezy)
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7.Nobody's Smiling
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8.Real
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9.Kingdom
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10.Rewind That
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チーフ・キーフやチャンス・ザ・ラッパーら新世代の台頭により、ヒップホップ・シーン上でふたたび大きな注目を集めているシカゴだが……昨今は1年間での殺人事件による死者数がイラク戦争で亡くなった米兵よりも多いことからChiraq(シャイラク)とも呼ばれている。そんな地元の現状を憂い、シカゴのヴェテランが〈誰も笑っていない〉と冠してリリースした新作。若者たちのハードな日常を描いたMVも印象的だった先行曲“Kingdom”をはじめ、テーマがテーマだけにダークでシリアスなムードが漂ってはいるが、リル・ハーブやドリーズィといった同地の若き才能もフックアップした構成は、コモンが彼らにシカゴの未来を託しているかのよう。同郷の盟友ノー・IDが全曲をプロデュース。
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